Jude Songhurst
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About me
We draw on life experiences to work through our every days and we take our life experiences into our future. But sometimes, in the here and now, things don’t seem so helpful. We ask ourselves why; why do I feel angry or sad or upset? Why do I feel the way I do when I am with a particular person or in a certain situation. In difficult times, these might seem unanswerable questions. I provide a warm, empathic, ethical and non-judgemental space to begin exploring where the answers to these questions might lie.
Working with a psychodynamic approach, we think together about those past experiences, bringing unconscious thoughts and feelings about them to consciousness through memories and dreams and also in the relationship between us. In this way, looking at the past can enable us to start piecing things together, to join some of the dots and to start to make sense of ourselves.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified BACP registered psychodynamic counsellor offering in-person sessions at my practice in central Tunbridge Wells. I also work as a counsellor in a local not-for-profit counselling service. Prior to becoming a counsellor, I had a career in Finance so I am able to relate to the demands of the corporate world and the stresses and strains that can bring.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Further information
My room is on the ground floor but has concrete steps up to the front door, thus making it inaccessible for wheelchair users. I would be happy to discuss alternative options where an accessible space is needed.
